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“Reviving old Desires:”  Saadi and Omar Khayyam  on Celebrating the New Year
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“Reviving old Desires:” Saadi and Omar Khayyam on Celebrating the New Year

Juan Cole

The dawn wind wafts the scent of the New Year / to friends’ delight and triumphant good cheer.

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

01/01/2026 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

01/01/2026 By The Conversation

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Ann Romney: No More Tax Returns! (Jamiol Cartoon)

Ann Romney: No More Tax Returns! (Jamiol Cartoon)

From Paul Jamiol, Jamiol’s World. Get the book!

Juan Cole

Bahrain
Syria and the New Great Divide in the Greater Middle East

Syria and the New Great Divide in the Greater Middle East

With news of a series of bombings and attacks in Iraq, of kidnappings and reprisals in Lebanon, and an ongoing Civil War in Syria, anyone […]

Juan Cole

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Mr. Romney, Here’s why Your Tax Returns Matter

Mr. Romney, Here’s why Your Tax Returns Matter

Mitt Romney said that he had paid around 13% in taxes annually the past few years, calling false the charge by Senate Majority Leader Harry […]

Juan Cole

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"We're NASA and We Know It" (Music Video on Curiosity Mars Landing)

“We’re NASA and We Know It” (Music Video on Curiosity Mars Landing)

“We’re NASA and we know it”, video to the tune of “Sexy and I Know It,” by the American duo LMFAO from their 2011 album, […]

Juan Cole

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Ayatollah Cameron Threatens to invade Ecuador Embassy re: Assange (or, Whitewashing Iran for the US National Security State)

Ayatollah Cameron Threatens to invade Ecuador Embassy re: Assange (or, Whitewashing Iran for the US National Security State)

Update: Ecuador granted Julian Assange diplomatic asylum on Thursday. The British government’s menacing of the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday morning, with its threat […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Why Syria’s Revolution is not like Libya’s  (Dughman)

Why Syria’s Revolution is not like Libya’s (Dughman)

Husam Dughman writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: The Arab Spring springs surprises When a popular uprising started in Tunisia less than two […]

Juan Cole

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Conservative ‘Dark Money’ Outspending even Superpacs on Attack Ads (Barker)

Conservative ‘Dark Money’ Outspending even Superpacs on Attack Ads (Barker)

Kim Barker writes at ProPublica Two conservative nonprofits, Crossroads GPS and Americans for Prosperity, have poured almost $60 million into TV ads to influence the […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Romney shills for dirty Big Coal as Obama touts Iowa Wind Power

Romney shills for dirty Big Coal as Obama touts Iowa Wind Power

Wind energy is on a roll in the United States, having doubled since 2008 to 50 gigawatts, enough to power 13 million homes. So why […]

Juan Cole

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Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Torture) is the New Normal in America (McCoy)

Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Torture) is the New Normal in America (McCoy)

Alfred W. McCoy writes at Tomdispatch Impunity at Home, Rendition AbroadHow Two Administrations and Both Parties Made Illegality the American Way of Life  After a […]

Juan Cole

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